Rio Ngumoha will leave the US this week after impressing with England's World Cup squad but will return to the country for Liverpool's pre-season tour next month.

England defender Djed Spence said he will have to play while wearing a ​protective mask at the World Cup after ‌suffering a broken jaw in a Premier League match last month.

A roundly criticised pitch played to its crass nature right to the very end of England's 115-run win in the first Test against New Zealand. Outrageous lateral movement combined with unpredictable bounce - Jacob Bethell's second-innings dismissal almost burrowing underground - offered peril at every axis for the batters.

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England's Harry Kane scored a goal to take a 1-0 lead at the half against New Zealand.